Perry charged with murder of woman shot in restaurant parking lot

PRINCETON, Ind. - Jason Perry, 31, of Princeton, Ind., was formally charged Thursday with murder in connection with the shooting death Wednesday of Jessica L. Tice, 34, in the parking lot of a Princeton restaurant.

Tice was shot and died at the scene as she and her 13-year-old son left Los Azteca restaurant on the west side of Princeton, shortly after noon.

Perry, who was arrested a short time later at a residence near the Gibson County Fairgrounds, was arraigned Thursday afternoon in Gibson Circuit Court.

Princeton Police Chief William W. George said Perry had called police and told dispatchers he had shot someone and wanted to turn himself in. George said police found a firearm and the suspect's truck about a mile from the restaurant.